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Great Mystery Stories ed. Eleanor M. Edwards (Lion/Sayre Publishing, 1973, 0-87460-195-9, $1.00, 157pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Hart 1960 as World-Famous Great Mystery Stories) mystery anthology. Also announced in hc (-194-0).

Great Stories About Dogs ed. Eleanor Middleton Edwards (Hart Publishing, 1965, 192pp, hc, an) · The Way Up · Howard M. Brier · ss (r) · Foole and Gallant, Pioneer Dogs · Catherine C. Coblentz · ss (r) · Bruno’s Fortieth Rescue · Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham · ss (r) · Champion Fire ’n Feather · Lavinia R. Davis · ss (r) · Wild Dog · Ruth Elizabeth Tanner · ss (r) · Faithful Unto Death · Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham · ss (r) · Freddy, the Pad Dog · F. Beverly Kelley · ss (r) · Bounce · Mae Trovillion Smith · ss (r) · Golden Duke · Mae H. Ashworth · ss (r) · The Story of an Ugly Dog · Lilian Gask & Eleanor Graham · ss (r) · The Coward · Albert Payson Terhune · ss (r) · Dogs of World War I · Mae Trovillion Smith · ss (r) · Scarlet’s Sons · Betty Cavanna · ss (r)

World-Famous Great Mystery Stories ed. Eleanor M. Edwards (Hart, 1960, LC:60-6578, 191pp, hc, an)     Anthology of four stories illustrated by David Stone. 9 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13” 75 · Shadowed by Death [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv The New Magazine (UK) October 1911 translated from the French (“La mort qui rôde”, Je sais tout September 15, 1911). 115 · The Red-Headed League [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine August 1891 163 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors ed. Jan Edwards & Peter Coleborn--- see under Peter Coleborn.

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2: Strange Stories & Weird Tales ed. Jan Edwards & Peter Coleborn--- see under Peter Coleborn.

Blood & Iron by Les Edwards (GW Books, May 1990, 1-85515-000-X, £12.99, 98pp, hc, pi, cover by Les Edwards)     Collection of artwork by Les Edwards, with an introduction by Kim Newman and a foreword and linking text by Edwards. Available in the US from Games Workshop Inc. for $29.95.

A Is for Brian ed. Malcolm Edwards, Frank Hatherley & Margaret Aldiss--- see under Frank Hatherley.

Constellations: Stories of the Future ed. Malcolm Edwards (Gollancz, 1980, 0-575-02838-6, £4.95, 189pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Malcolm Edwards · in 11 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966 20 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951 34 · Beyond Lies the Wub · Philip K. Dick · ss Planet Stories July 1952 42 · Let’s Go to Golgotha! · Garry Kilworth · ss Sunday Times Weekly Review December 15 1974 54 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1973 75 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 82 · Rescue Operation · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction December 1964 97 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 116 · Mister Da V. · Kit Reed · ss Seventeen May 1962 129 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 145 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire” 152 · The Wind from the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life March 1964, as “The Sunjammer” 172 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Gollancz/Sunday Times SF Competition Stories ed. Malcolm Edwards--- see under Anon..

The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators by Martin Edwards (Collins Crime Club, May 26, 2022, 978-0-00-819242-6, £30.00, 724pp, hc, nf)     History of crime fiction, tracing the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present.

Anglian Blood ed. Martin Edwards & Robert Church--- see under Robert Church.

Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories ed. Martin Edwards (Mystery Press, 2011, 978-0-7524-6300-1, $12.95, 185pp, tp, oa)     Thirteen original crime stories by British authors. · Foreword · Barry Forshaw · fw · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in · The Habit of Silence · Ann Cleeves · ss · The People Outside · Martin Edwards · nv Thou Shalt Not Kill ed. Anne Perry, Carroll & Graf, 2005 · Boom! · Cath Staincliffe · ss · The Message · Margaret Murphy · ss · Best Eaten Cold · Stuart Pawson · ss · Basic Skills · Ann Cleeves · ss · Laptop · Cath Staincliffe · ss · Act of Contrition · Margaret Murphy · ss · The Case of the Musical Butler · Martin Edwards · ss · Mud · Ann Cleeves · ss · Riviera · Cath Staincliffe · ss · Sprouts · Stuart Pawson · ss · InDex · Martin Edwards · ss I.D.: Crimes of Identity ed. Martin Edwards, Comma Press, 2006 · Murder Squad: Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Blood on the Tracks ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5270-3, £8.99, 383pp, tp, an, cover: [extract from London & North Eastern Railway poster (Express Ease The “Harrogate” Pullman)] by George Harrison) [British Library Crime Classics]     Crime/mystery anthology. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · The Man with the Watches · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine July 1898, as “The Story of the Man with the Watches” 35 · The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel [John Bell (The Ghost Exposer)] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · nv Cassell’s Family Magazine August 1897 61 · How He Cut His Stick [Dora Myrl] · Matthias McDonnell Bodkin · ss Dora Myrl, the Lady Detective by M. M'Donnell Bodkin, Chatto & Windus, 1900 77 · The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway [Old Man in the Corner] · Baroness Orczy · nv The Royal Magazine July 1901 101 · The Affair of the Corridor Express [Thorpe Hazell] · Victor L. Whitechurch · ss The Royal Magazine September 1905 119 · The Case of Oscar Brodski [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1910 175 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine July 1916 193 · The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv News of the World August 24 1913 (+1), as “The Mystery of the Signals” 229 · The Unsolved Puzzle of the Man with No Face [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928 267 · The Railway Carriage [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Strand Magazine November 1931 287 · Mystery of the Slip-Coach [Ronald Standish] · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine December 1932 313 · The Level Crossing · Freeman Wills Crofts · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1933 333 · The Adventure of the First-Class Carriage [Sherlock Holmes] · Ronald Knox · ss The Strand Magazine February 1947 351 · Murder on the 7.16 [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · ss Appleby Talks Again by Michael Innes, Gollancz, 1956 359 · The Coulman Handicap [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Argosy (UK) April 1958

Capital Crimes: London Mysteries ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, March 2015, 978-0-7123-5749-4, £8.99, 320pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics] 11 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler November 1893 21 · A Mystery of the London Underground · John Oxenham · nv To-Day February 27 1897 (+6), as “A Mystery of the Underground” 42 · The Finchley Puzzle [Judith Lee] · Richard Marsh · ss All-Story Weekly July 24 1915 66 · The Magic Casket [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1926 88 · The Holloway Flat Tragedy [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Story-teller March 1927 117 · The Magician of Cannon Street [Paul Campenhaye] · J. S. Fletcher · nv The Red Magazine April 15 1914 138 · The Stealer of Marble [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss Flynn’s December 20 1924 154 · The Tea-Leaf · Robert Eustace & Edgar Jepson · nv The Strand Magazine October 1925 170 · The Hands of Mr. Ottermole [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · nv The Story-teller February 1929 188 · The Little House [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Flynn’s Weekly October 9 1926 211 · The Silver Mask · Hugh Walpole · ss Harper’s Bazaar March 1932 225 · Wind in the East [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole] · Henry Wade · ss The London Magazine June 1930 241 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 265 · They Don’t Wear Labels · E. M. Delafield · ss The Daily Mail April 10 1939, as “But They Don’t Wear Labels” 274 · The Unseen Door [Albert Campion] · Margery Allingham · ss Sunday Empire News August 5 1945 279 · Cheese · Ethel Lina White · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1923 297 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946

The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 10, 2018, 978-0-7123-5247-5, £8.99, 288pp, tp, an, cover: [from travel poster (Les Sports D’Hiver au Mont-Revard, c.1927)] by Roger Broders) [British Library Crime Classics] vii · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 1 · A Christmas Tragedy [Lady Molly de Mazareen] · Baroness Orczy · ss Cassell’s Magazine December 1909 29 · By the Sword · Selwyn Jepson · nv Cassell’s Magazine December 1930 57 · The Christmas Card Crime [Sexton Blake] · Donald Stuart · na Detective Weekly #96, December 22 1934 98 · The Motive · Ronald Knox · ss The Illustrated London News November 17 1937 115 · Blind Man’s Hood · Carter Dickson · ss The Sketch Christmas 1937 140 · Paul Temple’s White Christmas [Paul Temple] · Francis Durbridge · ss The Radio Times December 20 1946 148 · Sister Bessie or Your Old Leech · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard December 23 1949 161 · A Bit of Wire-Pulling · E. C. R. Lorac · ss The Evening Standard October 11 1950, as “Death at the Bridge Table” 169 · Pattern of Revenge · John Bude · vi The London Mystery Magazine #21, 1954 175 · Crime at Lark Cottage · John Bingham · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1954 189 · ’Twixt the Cup and the Lip · Julian Symons · nv The Illustrated London News Christmas 1963, as “Father Christmas Comes to Orbins”

Continental Crimes ed. Martin Edwards (The British Library, October 6, 2017, 978-0-7123-5679-4, £8.99, 351pp, tp, an) [British Library Crime Classics]     Crime/mystery anthology. 7 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret” 31 · A Bracelet at Bruges [Cecil Thorold] · Arnold Bennett · ss The Windsor Magazine August 1904 51 · The Secret Garden [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 3 1910, as “The Secret of the Sealed Garden” 77 · The Secret of the “Magnifique” [John T. Laxworthy] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Nash’s Magazine August 1911 115 · Petit-Jean · Ian Hay · nv Everybody’s Magazine April 1917 141 · The Lover of St Lys [Solange Fontaine] · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss The Premier Magazine #58, February 1919 167 · Popeau Intervenes [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv 1926 195 · The Perfect Murder · Stacy Aumonier · ss The Strand Magazine October 1926 219 · The Room in the Tower · J. Jefferson Farjeon · ss My Best Mystery Story, Faber and Faber, 1939 237 · The Ten-Franc Counter · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1926 257 · Have You Got Everything You Want? [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan April 1933 275 · The Long Dinner [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1935 319 · The Packet-Boat Murder · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard October 5 1950 329 · Villa Almirante · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) December 1959

Crime in the City ed. Martin Edwards (The Do-Not Press, September 2002, 1-904316-04-2, £6.99, 288pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 22 stories, two reprint. The 2002 Crime Writers’ Association Anthology. A hardcover edition (-05-0, £15.00) was announced but not seen. 7 · Foreword · Lindsey Davis · fw 9 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 11 · Belter’s Mugging · Andrea Badenoch · ss 23 · A Rough Guide to Tanga · Ann Cleeves · ss 31 · Back to the Land · Mat Coward · ss 49 · A Good Day for a Murder · David Stuart Davies · ss 53 · Park Life · Carol Anne Davis · ss 59 · Old Bones · Eileen Dewhurst · ss 71 · Sunset City · Martin Edwards · ss 85 · Bank Holiday in Cambridge · Jürgen Ehlers · ss 93 · The Egyptian Garden · Marjorie Eccles · ss 109 · Les Inconnus · Kate Ellis · ss 123 · Due North · John Harvey · ss 137 · The Rio de Janeiro Paper · Reginald Hill · ss Pascoe’s Ghost by Reginald Hill, NAL, 1979 147 · Elsewhere · Bill James · ss 161 · Ground Zero · Peter Lewis · ss 173 · The Stooge · Phil Lovesey · nv 195 · White Knights, Black Magic · Val McDermid · ss 207 · The Fallen Curtain · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1974 219 · A Friend in Need · Kathryn Skoyles · ss 227 · DOA · Cath Staincliffe · ss 233 · Closer to the Flame · Jerry Sykes · ss 249 · Waiting for Mr. Right · Andrew Taylor · ss 259 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Crime on the Move ed. Martin Edwards (The Do-Not Press, September 30, 2004, 1-904316-46-8, £8.99, 335pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 22 stories. The Official Anthology of the Crime Writers’ Association 2005. 7 · Foreword · Michael Jecks · fw 10 · Introduction · Martin Edwards · in 13 · Owl Wars · Ann Cleeves · ss 25 · One Hand One Bounce · Mat Coward · ss 42 · Revenge on the High C · Judith Cutler · ss 51 · Better to Arrive · Carol Anne Davis · ss 59 · Test Drive · Martin Edwards · ss 77 · Man Overboard · Jürgen Ehlers · ss 90 · Top Deck · Kate Ellis · ss 105 · A Case for Gourmets [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) May 1959, as “Mr. Duckworth’s Night Out” 122 · 6-5 Against · Lesley Grant-Adamson · ss 140 · Asylum [Jack Kiley] · John Harvey · ss 157 · A Shameful Eating · Reginald Hill · ss A Suit of Diamonds, Collins, 1990 172 · The Vanishing of Velma [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1969 192 · Death Ship · Bill Kirton · ss 208 · On a Bicycle Made for Two · Keith Miles · ss 224 · Landfall · Stephen Murray · ss 241 · Gum’s Goer · Amy Myers · ss 255 · The Lammergeier Vulture · Christine Poulson · ss 266 · Baba’s Bites · Chris Simms · ss 282 · The Anniversary · Sally Spedding · ss 289 · Canal Blues · Rebecca Tope · ss 301 · Another Man’s Crime · Alison White · ss 312 · Seeing Off George · David Williams · ss 331 · Authors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg